Submission Instructions:

Submissions must be entered using Judgify, a unified awards management system. Work submitted in the wrong category or including more pieces than allowed may be disqualified at the discretion of the Polly Bond Committee and will not be reviewed by the judge. Due to the volunteer nature of the committee and board’s work and the labor required to identify and correct errors and issue refunds, we unfortunately cannot offer refunds due to submitter error. Follow these steps to enter your work:

Complete the online entry form and submit materials.

• We recommend that you start this process well before the deadline (Friday, January 31, 2026, 11:59PM Pacific Time.) so that you have time to compile and complete your entry(ies).
  
• After clicking the submissions link, follow the prompt to register as a new user (if you have not already). 
• Complete the "Entrant Profile" form and click Submit.
• Complete the form for your first entry. 
• Electronic media: Provide a URL/link to the live or archived work.
• Print media: Upload PDF, Word, or image files via the submission form.
  If your file is large, you can upload it to a shared platform (Google Drive, Dropbox) and share the link, ensuring that you update sharing permissions so that anyone can open and view the file.
  
• For campaigns or multi-part submissions, a single file that consolidates links and descriptions of each component is very helpful for effective judging. You can also include all materials in a shared folder in Google Drive or Dropbox and submit as a link.
• Be sure to double check sharing permissions. Work that cannot be viewed, cannot be judged.
  
• Condense your file to be less than 50MB. 
• Please submit multi-page documents with a link.
• You may return to the form and complete the submission later if necessary.

Submission Guidelines:

• Submit through Friday, January 31, 2026, 11:59PM Pacific Time.

• Up to 10 submissions per member (max 3 per category). You must have been a member of Episcopal Communicators for at least one day during the 2025 calendar year to submit.

• The cost is $35/entry for General Excellence, and $20/entry for Regular Categories.

• Submissions must have been produced during 2025.

• Attendance at the Episcopal Communicators Conference is not required to submit for Polly Bond Award consideration. 

Name your submission:

• Provide a concise, clear title to the work to identify your entry. The title may be an article title, campaign name, or a summary title you create. This is the title that will appear on your award certificate should you win.

• Please use this naming convention for the file names of your entry: SpecificCategory_LastNameFirstName For example, if Susie Smith is submitted a Visual Arts entry, it would look like this: Visual Arts_Photography_SmithSusie.

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